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Jorain
Working with a network (2,500, All local). Most workstations are
W2k & XP.
We need to install a security update on each workstation and are
looking for a registry key that is common in both office versions that
we can check on. Some of the workstations have both office versions
installed.
We can look at the registry, but would have problems running
against specific office files on each system. We can do the latter,
but
would need to modify too many things to easily accomplish it.
Therefore, we are wanting to know the different registry keys where
the
above information can be located. We have done a search on the net and
in MS
KB's, but have not found anything definitive. Also we have closely
examined
the registry settings for different OS's and Office versions. There
does not
appear to be much consistency. We have found numerous keys for
Office. One
problem is that when doing an upgrade from one version of office to
another,
many of the previous version's reg keys remain. This could confuse
our install
unless we know of the exact key information (there needs to be
unwavering
consistency for key information within a version). Also the
information
under HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Office\... does not match information
under
HKLM/Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\P
roducts\904000001E872D116\... In addition, when comparing the
information
from Help\About, this does not match any of the registry information.
I would appreciate any help.
Jorain
W2k & XP.
We need to install a security update on each workstation and are
looking for a registry key that is common in both office versions that
we can check on. Some of the workstations have both office versions
installed.
We can look at the registry, but would have problems running
against specific office files on each system. We can do the latter,
but
would need to modify too many things to easily accomplish it.
Therefore, we are wanting to know the different registry keys where
the
above information can be located. We have done a search on the net and
in MS
KB's, but have not found anything definitive. Also we have closely
examined
the registry settings for different OS's and Office versions. There
does not
appear to be much consistency. We have found numerous keys for
Office. One
problem is that when doing an upgrade from one version of office to
another,
many of the previous version's reg keys remain. This could confuse
our install
unless we know of the exact key information (there needs to be
unwavering
consistency for key information within a version). Also the
information
under HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Office\... does not match information
under
HKLM/Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\P
roducts\904000001E872D116\... In addition, when comparing the
information
from Help\About, this does not match any of the registry information.
I would appreciate any help.
Jorain